# US 11,909,585 B2 · System for configuring Wi-Fi access points

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- Number: US 11,909,585 B2
- Document ID: US11909585B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/324,028
- Filed: 2021-05-18
- Published: 2021-11-18
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2020-05-18
- Assignees: Nextivity, Inc.
- Applicants: Nextivity, Inc.
- Inventors: Michiel Petrus Lotter
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11909585B2

## CPC

- H04L 41/0806: for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
- H04L 41/0803: Configuration setting
- H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition
- H04L 41/0853: by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
- H04W 84/042: {Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems}
- H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
- H04W 88/085: {Access point devices with remote components}
- H04W 88/10: adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A system for configuring a Wi-Fi access point for communication with the Internet includes a Wi-Fi access point configuration system connected with one or more cellular networks and being configured to receive information from at least one of the one or more cellular networks. The Wi-Fi access point configuration system is connected with the Wi-Fi access point to configure the Wi-Fi access point according to the information received from the at least one of the one or more cellular networks.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for configuring a Wi-Fi access point for communication with the Internet via two or more cellular networks, the system comprising:
a distributed antenna system (DAS) head-end;
a 5G mmWAVE modem; and
a Wi-Fi access point configuration system connected with the two or more cellular networks and being configured to receive information from at least one of the two or more cellular networks, the Wi-Fi access point configuration system further being connected with the Wi-Fi access point to configure the Wi-Fi access point according to the information received from the at least one of the two or more cellular networks, the Wi-Fi access point configuration system having a plurality of antennas for communicating with both the distributed antenna system (DAS) head-end and the 5G mmWAVE modem, and wherein the Wi-Fi access point configuration system is switchably connected, based on information received from the at least one of the two or more cellular networks by one or both of the DAS head-end and the 5G mmWAVE modem, with each of the two or more cellular networks via the distributed antenna system (DAS) head-end or the 5G mmWAVE modem.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the information received from the one or more cellular networks includes explicit information that contains configuration data for the Wi-Fi access point.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the information received from the one or more cellular networks includes implicit information that contains identity data of the at least one of the one or more cellular networks, the identity data being used by the Wi-Fi access point configuration system for configuring the Wi-Fi access point.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the information received from the one or more cellular networks includes explicit information that contains configuration data for the Wi-Fi access point, and implicit information that contains identity data of the at least one of the one or more cellular networks, the identity data being used by the Wi-Fi access point configuration system, for configuring the Wi-Fi access point.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the Wi-Fi access point configuration system is integrated within or located inside the distributed antenna system (DAS) head-end that is connected with at least one of the one or more cellular networks via the one or more antennas.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the Wi-Fi access point configuration system is integrated within or located inside the 5G mmWAVE modem that is connected with at least one of the one or more cellular networks via the one or more antennas.